Using the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku earthquake to test the Coulomb stress triggering hypothesis and to calculate faults brought closer to failure
Shinji Toda, Jian Lin, Ross S. Stein
2011, Earth, Planets and Space (63) 725-730
The 11 March 2011 Tohoku Earthquake provides an unprecedented test of the extent to which Coulomb stress transfer governs the triggering of aftershocks. During 11-31 March, there were 177 aftershocks with focal mechanisms, and so the Coulomb stress change imparted by the rupture can be resolved on the aftershock nodal...
Elk Monitoring Protocol for Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Version 1.0
Kurt J. Jenkins, Paul C. Griffin, John R. Boetsch, Carla Cole
2011, Natural Resource Report NPS/NCCN/NRR—2011/455
Maintaining elk (Cervus elaphus roosevelti) herds that frequent Lewis and Clark National Historical Park (NHP) is central to the park’s purpose of preserving the historic, cultural, scenic, and natural resources. Elk were critical to sustaining the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition by providing food and clothing over the...
Patterns of acoustical activity of bats prior to and following White-nose Syndrome occurrence
W. Mark Ford, Eric R. Britzke, Christopher A. Dobony, Jane L. Rodrigue, Joshua B. Johnson
2011, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2) 125-134
White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a wildlife health concern that has decimated cave-hibernating bat populations in eastern North America since 2006, began affecting source-caves for summer bat populations at Fort Drum, a U.S. Army installation in New York in the winter of 2007–2008. As regional die-offs of bats became evident, and Fort...
Seasonal productivity in a population of migratory songbirds: why nest data are not enough
Henry M. Streby, David E. Andersen
2011, Ecosphere (2) 1-15
Population models for many animals are limited by a lack of information regarding juvenile survival. In particular, studies of songbird reproductive output typically terminate with the success or failure of nests, despite the fact that adults spend the rest of the reproductive season rearing dependent fledglings. Unless fledgling survival does...
Occurrence and distribution of Asian carps in Louisiana
R. Glenn Thomas, Jill A. Jenkins, Jody David
2011, Book chapter, Invasive Asian Carps in North America
In the 1970s, commercial fishers reported sightings of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in large rivers and associated backwaters of Louisiana; the first specimen in Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries' fishery independent sampling was recorded in 1976. Beginning in the early 1980s, commercial fishers noted increasing populations of bighead carp...
Guidance manual for forensic analysis of perchlorate in groundwater using chlorine and oxygen isotopic analyses
2011, Report
Increased health concerns about perchlorate (ClO4-) during the past decade and subsequent regulatory considerations have generated appreciable interest in source identification. The key objective of the isotopic techniques described in this guidance manual is to provide evidence concerning the origin of ClO4- in soils and groundwater and, more specifically, whether...
DDT, DDD, and DDE in birds
Lawrence J. Blus
W. Nelson Beyer, James P. Meador, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Environmental contaminants in biota: Interpreting tissue concentrations
This chapter summarizes residue levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), DDD, and DDE three compounds in birds that are diagnostic for or are associated with mortality and important sublethal effects and suggests improvements in design of contemporary field studies that will result in maximum usefulness in interpreting residue data. Heath et al....
Environmental contaminants in biota: Interpreting tissue concentrations
W. Nelson Beyer, James P. Meador
2011, Book
Discussing the interpretation of tissue concentrations of contaminants in wildlife, this updated edition of a bestseller draws on current scientific research and includes new chapters and greater emphasis on aquatic organisms. Each chapter provides a summary and review of a specific chemical along with direction on research methods and the...
The role of backbarrier infilling in the formation of barrier island systems
Christopher J. Hein, Duncan M. FitzGerald, Emily A. Carruthers, Byron D. Stone, Allen M. Gontz
2011, Conference Paper, The Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011
Barrier islands develop through a variety of processes, including spit accretion, barrier elongation, and inlet filling. New geophysical and sedimentological data provide a means of documenting the presence of a paleoinlet within a barrier lithosome in the western Gulf of Maine, illuminating the process of backbarrier infilling and its effect...
2011 statistical abstract of the United States
Joseph M. Krisanda
2011, Report
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print...
Bias-adjusted satellite-based rainfall estimates for predicting floods: Narayani Basin
Guleid A. Artan, S.A. Tokar, D.K. Gautam, S.R. Bajracharya, M.S. Shrestha
2011, Journal of Flood Risk Management (4) 360-373
In Nepal, as the spatial distribution of rain gauges is not sufficient to provide detailed perspective on the highly varied spatial nature of rainfall, satellite-based rainfall estimates provides the opportunity for timely estimation. This paper presents the flood prediction of Narayani Basin at the Devghat hydrometric station (32 000 km2) using bias-adjusted...
Novel primers for complete mitochondrial cytochrome b genesequencing in mammals
Ashwin Naidu, Robert R. Fitak, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Melanie Culver
2011, Molecular Ecology Resources (12) 191-196
Sequence-based species identification relies on the extent and integrity of sequence data available in online databases such as GenBank. When identifying species from a sample of unknown origin, partial DNA sequences obtained from the sample are aligned against existing sequences in databases. When the sequence from the matching species is...
Using regional-scale pre- and post Hurricane Katrina lidar for monitoring and modeling: Chapter 30
Jason M. Stoker, D. Phil Turnipseed, Kenneth V. Wilson
2011, Book chapter, Recent Hurricane Research - Climate, Dynamics, and Societal Impacts
Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. Due to the sheer size of the affected areas, an unprecedented regional analysis at very high resolution and accuracy was needed to properly quantify and understand the effects of the hurricane and the storm tide. Many disparate sources of lidar data...
Postwildfire preliminary debris flow hazard assessment for the area burned by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire in north-central New Mexico
Anne C. Tillery, Michael J. Darr, Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1308
The Las Conchas Fire during the summer of 2011 was the largest in recorded history for the state of New Mexico, burning 634 square kilometers in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico. The burned landscape is now at risk of damage from postwildfire erosion, such as that caused by...
Summary of November 2010 meeting to evaluate turbidite data for constraining the recurrence parameters of great Cascadia earthquakes for the update of national seismic hazard maps
Arthur D. Frankel
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1310
This report summarizes a meeting of geologists, marine sedimentologists, geophysicists, and seismologists that was held on November 18–19, 2010 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The overall goal of the meeting was to evaluate observations of turbidite deposits to provide constraints on the recurrence time and rupture extent of...
Geologic map of the Cochiti Dam quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico
David P. Dethier, Ren A. Thompson, Mark R. Hudson, Scott A. Minor, David A. Sawyer
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3194
The Cochiti Dam quadrangle is located in the southern part of the Española Basin and contains sedimentary and volcanic deposits that record alluvial, colluvial, eolian, tectonic and volcanic processes over the past seventeen million years. The geology was mapped from 1997 to 1999 and modified in 2004 to 2008. The...
Geochemical data from waters in Prospect Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, that span pre- and post-Lark Mine remediation
Raymond H. Johnson, Douglas B. Yager, Hugh D. Johnson
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1316
In San Juan County, Colorado, the effects of historical mining continue to contribute dissolved metals to groundwater and surface water. Water samples in Prospect Gulch near Silverton, Colorado, were collected at selected locations that span pre- and post-reclamation activities at the Lark Mine, located in the Prospect Gulch watershed. Geochemical...
Development of a pan-Arctic monitoring plan for polar bears: Background paper
Dag Vongraven, Elizabeth L. Peacock
2011, Report
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus), by their very nature, and the extreme, remote environment in which they live, are inherently difficult to study and monitor. Monitoring polar bear populations is both arduous and costly and, to be effective, must be a long-term commitment. There are few jurisdictional governments and management...
Seismic-Hazard Maps for the Conterminous United States, 2008
Mark D. Petersen, Arthur D. Frankel, Stephen C. Harmsen, Charles S. Mueller, Kathleen M. Haller, Russel L. Wheller, Robert L. Wesson, Yuehua Zeng, Oliver S. Boyd, David M. Perkins, Nicolas Luco, Edward H. Field, Christopher J. Wills, Kenneth S. Rukstales
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3195
Probabilistic seismic-hazard maps were prepared for the conterminous United States portraying peak horizontal acceleration and horizontal spectral response acceleration for 0.2- and 1.0-second periods with probabilities of exceedance of 10 percent in 50 years and 2 percent in 50 years. All of the maps were prepared by combining the hazard...
The U.S. Geological Survey mapping and cartographic database activities, 2006-2010
Kari J. Craun, John P. Donnelly, Gregory J. Allord
2011, Cartography and Geographic Information Science (38) 326-329
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began systematic topographic mapping of the United States in the 1880s, beginning with scales of 1:250,000 and 1:125,000 in support of geological mapping. Responding to the need for higher resolution and more detail, the 1:62,500-scale, 15-minute, topographic map series was begun in the beginning of...
The U.S. Geological Survey cartographic and geographic information science research activities 2006-2010
E. Lynn Usery
2011, Cartography and Geographic Information Science (38) 302-309
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) produces geospatial databases and topographic maps for the United States of America. A part of that mission includes conducting research in geographic information science (GIScience) and cartography to support mapping and improve the design, quality, delivery, and use of geospatial data and topographic maps. The...
Quality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008
David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Jeffrey D. Martin, Cassandra K. Brenner
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5204
This report describes the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected from October 1996 to December 2008 from groundwater and surface-water sites for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The VOC data described were collected for three NAWQA site types: (1) domestic and public-supply wells, (2)...
The Hydrogeology of the San Juan Mountains Chapter 5
Jonathan S. Caine, Anna B. Wilson
Robert Blair, George Bracksieck, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, The Eastern San Juan Mountains Their Ecology, Geology, and Human History
Knowledge of the occurrence, storage, and flow of groundwater in mountainous regions is limited by the lack of integrated data from wells, streams, springs, and climate. In his comprehensive treatment of the hydrogeology of the San Luis Valley, Huntley (1979) hypothesized that the underlying, fractured volcanic bedrock of the San...
Toxicity of nickel-spiked freshwater sediments to benthic invertebrates-Spiking methodology, species sensitivity, and nickel bioavailability
John M. Besser, William G. Brumbaugh, Nile E. Kemble, Chris D. Ivey, James L. Kunz, Christopher G. Ingersoll, David Rudel
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5225
This report summarizes data from studies of the toxicity and bioavailability of nickel in nickel-spiked freshwater sediments. The goal of these studies was to generate toxicity and chemistry data to support development of broadly applicable sediment quality guidelines for nickel. The studies were conducted as three tasks, which are presented...
Assessing controls on perched saturated zones beneath the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, Idaho
Benjamin B. Mirus, Kim S. Perkins, John R. Nimmo
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5222
Waste byproducts associated with operations at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) have the potential to contaminate the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) aquifer. Recharge to the ESRP aquifer is controlled largely by the alternating stratigraphy of fractured volcanic rocks and sedimentary interbeds within the overlying vadose zone...
